IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society – serie
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Speaking of Writing Romani
Language attitudes, text editing, and variability
Inbunden, 2026
1864 kr
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As a traditionally oral language spoken in areas with a literacy-based culture, Romani provides a unique case for the study of orality and literacy. In a mixed-methods approach, this work investigates attitudes of Romani speakers towards the modalities, their communicative functions and use, and …
Verbal Aggression in Contemporary Polish
A usage-based and perception-oriented study
Inbunden, 2026
1747 kr
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This monograph investigates verbal aggression in contemporary Polish from a usage-based and perception-oriented perspective. Drawing on a mixed-methods design, the study combines survey data on speakers’ evaluations of aggressive expressions with a corpus-based analysis of their occurrence in …
Borderscapes
The de/construction of borders as an everyday practice in contemporary Italy
Inbunden, 2026
1785 kr
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The book expands and transforms multidisciplinary scholarship on the border by exposing the normative power of border making and introducing novel perspectives on borders as fluid and changeable spaces of potentiality. Building on work uncovering processes of border de/construction, the monograph …
Migration, Language, and Policy Discourse
Bridging the gap between policymaking and language assessment
Inbunden, 2026
1785 kr
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Understanding the inner workings of language policy for migration can seem daunting at first. This book helps to demystify the process. It is the first of its kind to open the ‘black box’ of policymaking in Europe speaking directly with policymakers and language testers from different political …
Linguistic Purism
Language Attitudes in France and Quebec
Av Olivia Walsh
Inbunden, 2016
1313 kr
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This book represents the first in-depth, comparative investigation of linguistic purism in modern French. It investigates the relative prevalence of purist ideology in France and Quebec. Both experience influence from English and have similar language legislation, but they differ in their social, …
